Diane Lincoln

Diane Lincoln

Live Science Contributor

Diane Lincoln is the author of "Science Discovery Files," a non-fiction science book published by World Scientific. She is a former science teacher, with two decades of

experience bringing fascinating science stories to life for her students.  She holds a Doctorate in Education and has taught graduate-level courses in science education to

teachers wanting to hone their skills.  She has written for online media outlets such as Live Science and Science News for Students.  Diane has won awards for her fictional

stories and poetry in print media, and she has published a book of poetry.

Articles by: Diane Lincoln

The European Southern Observatory’s GRAVITY instrument revealed clumps of gas swirling around just outside the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Here, a visualization of that orbiting gas.

Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is closer to Earth than we thought

By Diane Lincoln published

The supermassive black hole hiding in the center of our galaxy is much closer to Earth, about 2,000 light-years closer, than scientists thought.

image of fossilized tetrapod tracks found in grand Canyon

313-million-year-old track marks found in Grand Canyon

By Diane Lincoln published

The 313-million-year-old tracks were left by a tetrapod.

Abstract image of quantum tunneling or space-time wormholes.

Physicists watch quantum particles tunnel through solid barriers. Here's what they found.

By Diane Lincoln published

A team of physicists has devised a simple way to measure the duration of a bizarre phenomenon called quantum tunneling.

A hunting dog pointing a pheasant.

Dogs may sense Earth's magnetic field and use it like a compass

By Diane Lincoln published

Some hunting dogs may be able to sense Earth's magnetic field and use it as a compass, scientists are now reporting.

A snippet of the new solar time-lapse video

Rare ghostly particles produced inside the sun just detected under a mountain in Italy

By Diane Lincoln published

For the first time ever, physicists have spotted rare, ghostly particles, called CNO solar neutrinos, produced by a weird kind of fusion inside the sun.

Wavy, complex pattern.

Scientists create a pattern so complicated it's impossible to duplicate

By Diane Lincoln published

Scientists just created a pattern that, according to researchers, is impossible to duplicate or forge, a feat that could quash counterfeiters.

Close-up illustration of subatomic particle.

Rare quadruplet 'top quarks' created at world's largest atom smasher

By Diane Lincoln published

The world's largest atom smasher has "given birth" to a set of four ultraheavy particles — called top quarks.

Carnivorous plants like Venus flytraps have evolved to be skillful hunters.

Here's how plants became meat eaters

By Diane Lincoln published

Carnivorous plants began evolving about 70 million years ago, when an ancestor duplicated its entire genome, allowing some genes to be repurposed for hunting.

Illustration of a gas giant like Jupiter.

This bacteria can survive on pure hydrogen. Could alien life do the same?

By Diane Lincoln published

Could aliens that breathe helium and hydrogen live on exoplanets throughout the cosmos?

Quantum computing, abstract image.

Online course trains students in the bizarre world of quantum computing

By Diane Lincoln published

A new online training course introduces students to quantum concepts, including superposition, qubits, encryption and many others.